TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study participants at baseline¹

		Study B (n = 24)
	Study A (n = 9): normal weight	Normal weight	Overweight/obese	All
F/M, n/n	5/4	3/9a	6/6a	9/15
Age, y	21 ± 2.0	33 ± 11a	39 ± 12a	36 ± 12
BMI, kg/m2	22.7 ± 1.3	23.7 ± 1.0	31.0 ± 4.3	27.4 ± 4.8
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	83 ± 6.9	87 ± 10a	96 ± 8b	92 ± 10
Physical activity, MET2-h/wk	44.2 ± 18.7	81 ± 54.5a	56.3 ± 33.1a	68.7 ± 45.9
Estimated total calorie requirement, kcal/d	2230 ± 398	2610 ± 380a	2510 ± 370a	2560 ± 370

¹Values are means ± SDs. For study B, values in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other, P < 0.05 (post hoc independent samples t tests). No statistical test was performed on BMI, because the adiposity categories were designed to be different.

²MET, metabolic equivalent task.